feed

feed

F0067400 (fēd) v. fed (fĕd), feed·ing, feeds v. tr. 1. a. To give food to; supply with nourishment: feed the children. b. To provide as food or nourishment: fed fish to the cat. 2. a. To serve as food for: The turkey is large enough to feed a dozen. b. To produce food for: The valley feeds an entire county. 3. a. To provide for consumption, utilization, or operation: feed logs to a fire; feed data into a computer. b. To supply with something essential for growth, maintenance, or operation: Melting snow feeds the reservoirs. c. To transmit (media content) by means of a communications network or satellite, as for processing or distribution. 4. a. To minister to; gratify: fed their appetite for the morbid. b. To support or promote; encourage: His unexplained absences fed our suspicions. 5. To supply as a cue: feed lines to an actor. 6. Sports To pass a ball or puck to (a teammate), especially to set up a scoring chance. v. intr. 1. To eat. Used of animals: pigs feeding at a trough. 2. To be nourished or supported: an ego that feeds on flattery. 3. a. To move steadily, as into a machine for processing. b. To be channeled; flow: This road feeds into the freeway. n. 1. a. Food for animals, especially livestock. b. The amount of such food given at one time. 2. Informal A meal, especially a large one: We had a great feed at the restaurant. 3. The act of providing food, especially to an animal: food given at one feed. 4. a. Material or an amount of material supplied, as to a machine or furnace. b. The act of supplying such material. 5. a. An apparatus that supplies material to a machine. b. The aperture through which such material enters a machine. 6. a. The transmission or conveyance of published content, as by satellite, on the internet, or by broadcast over a network of stations. b. A signal or program made by means of such transmission: The satellite feed was garbled due to sunspot activity. 7. Sports A pass of a ball or puck, especially to set up a scoring chance. Idiom: be off (one's) feed To have lost one's appetite: The dog is off its feed this week.

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[Middle English feden, from Old English fēdan; see pā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

feed

(fiːd) vb (mainly tr) , feeds, feeding or fed (fɛd) 1. to give food to: to feed the cat. 2. to give as food: to feed meat to the cat. 3. (intr) to eat food: the horses feed at noon. 4. to provide food for: these supplies can feed 10 million people. 5. to provide what is necessary for the existence or development of: to feed one's imagination. 6. to gratify; satisfy: to feed one's eyes on a beautiful sight. 7. (Mechanical Engineering) (also intr) to supply (a machine, furnace, etc) with (the necessary materials or fuel) for its operation, or (of such materials) to flow or move forwards into a machine, etc8. (Agriculture) to use (land) as grazing9. (Theatre) theatre informal to cue (an actor, esp a comedian) with lines or actions10. (Rugby) sport to pass a ball to (a team-mate)11. (Electronics) electronics to introduce (electrical energy) into a circuit, esp by means of a feeder12. (also intr; foll by on or upon) to eat or cause to eatn13. the act or an instance of feeding14. food, esp that of animals or babies15. (Mechanical Engineering) the process of supplying a machine or furnace with a material or fuel16. (Mechanical Engineering) the quantity of material or fuel so supplied17. (Communications & Information) computing a facility allowing web users to receive news headlines and updates on their browser from a website as soon as they are published18. (Mechanical Engineering) the rate of advance of a cutting tool in a lathe, drill, etc19. (Mechanical Engineering) a mechanism that supplies material or fuel or controls the rate of advance of a cutting tool20. (Theatre) theatre informal a performer, esp a straight man, who provides cues21. informal a meal[Old English fēdan; related to Old Norse fœtha to feed, Old High German fuotan, Gothic fōthjan; see food, fodder] ˈfeedable adj

feed

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v. fed, feed•ing,
n. v.t. 1. to give food to; supply with nourishment. 2. to yield or serve as food for: This land has fed ten generations. 3. to provide as food: to feed breadcrumbs to pigeons. 4. to furnish for consumption. 5. to satisfy; minister to; gratify. 6. to supply, as for maintenance or operation: to feed a printing press with paper. 7. to flow into or merge with so as to form or sustain: streams that feed a river. 8. a. to provide lines, cues, or actions to (a performer). b. to supply (lines, cues, or actions) to a performer. 9. to distribute (a local radio or television broadcast) via satellite or network. v.i. 10. (esp. of animals) to take food; eat. 11. to be nourished or gratified; subsist: to feed on fruit. 12. to flow, lead, or provide access: The local roads feed into a state highway. n. 13. food, esp. for farm animals. 14. an allowance, portion, or supply of such food. 15. a meal, esp. a lavish one. 16. the act of feeding. 17. the act or process of feeding a furnace, machine, etc. 18. the material, or the amount of it, so fed. 19. a feeding mechanism. 20. a local radio or television broadcast distributed by satellite or network to a much wider audience, esp. nationwide or international. Idioms: off one's feed, Slang. without any appetite for food, esp. because of illness. [before 950; Middle English feden, Old English fēdan See food] feed′a•ble, adj. syn: feed, fodder, forage, provender mean food for animals. feed is the general word; however, it most often applies to grain: chicken feed. fodder is applied to coarse feed that is fed to livestock: Cornstalks are good fodder. forage is feed that an animal obtains (usu. grass, leaves, etc.) by grazing or searching about for it: Lost cattle can usually live on forage. provender denotes dry feed for livestock, such as hay, oats, or corn: a supply of provender in the haymow.

feed

Past participle: fed
Gerund: feeding

Imperative
feed
feed

Present
I feed
you feed
he/she/it feeds
we feed
you feed
they feed

Preterite
I fed
you fed
he/she/it fed
we fed
you fed
they fed

Present Continuous
I am feeding
you are feeding
he/she/it is feeding
we are feeding
you are feeding
they are feeding

Present Perfect
I have fed
you have fed
he/she/it has fed
we have fed
you have fed
they have fed

Past Continuous
I was feeding
you were feeding
he/she/it was feeding
we were feeding
you were feeding
they were feeding

Past Perfect
I had fed
you had fed
he/she/it had fed
we had fed
you had fed
they had fed

Future
I will feed
you will feed
he/she/it will feed
we will feed
you will feed
they will feed

Future Perfect
I will have fed
you will have fed
he/she/it will have fed
we will have fed
you will have fed
they will have fed

Future Continuous
I will be feeding
you will be feeding
he/she/it will be feeding
we will be feeding
you will be feeding
they will be feeding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been feeding
you have been feeding
he/she/it has been feeding
we have been feeding
you have been feeding
they have been feeding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been feeding
you will have been feeding
he/she/it will have been feeding
we will have been feeding
you will have been feeding
they will have been feeding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been feeding
you had been feeding
he/she/it had been feeding
we had been feeding
you had been feeding
they had been feeding

Conditional
I would feed
you would feed
he/she/it would feed
we would feed
you would feed
they would feed

Past Conditional
I would have fed
you would have fed
he/she/it would have fed
we would have fed
you would have fed
they would have fed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	feed - food for domestic livestock provenderfood, nutrient - any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissueblood meal - the dried and powdered blood of animalscorn gluten feed - a feed consisting primarily of corn glutencattle cake - a concentrated feed for cattle; processed in the form of blocks or cakescreep feed - feed given to young animals isolated in a creepfodder - coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal cropfeed grain - grain grown for cattle feedensilage, silage - fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silooil cake - mass of e.g. linseed or cottonseed or soybean from which the oil has been pressed; used as food for livestockpigswill, pigwash, slop, slops, swill - wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milkmash - mixture of ground animal feedscud, rechewed food - food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed againbird feed, bird food, birdseed - food given to birds; usually mixed seedspet food, petfood, pet-food - food prepared for animal petsmast - nuts of forest trees used as feed for swinefish meal - ground dried fish used as fertilizer and as feed for domestic livestock
Verb	1.	feed - provide as food; "Feed the guests the nuts"cater, ply, provide, supply - give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"
	2.	feed - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"givedine - give dinner to; host for dinner; "I'm wining and dining my friends"scavenge - feed on carrion or refuse; "hyenas scavenge"fodder - give fodder (to domesticated animals)swill, slop - feed pigsregurgitate - feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food; "many birds feed their young by regurgitating what they have swallowed and carried to the nest"corn - feed (cattle) with cornmalnourish, undernourish - provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment; "The stunted growth of these children shows that they are undernourished"overfeed - feed excessivelyspoonfeed - feed with a spoonforce-feed - feed someone who will not or cannot eatcater, ply, provide, supply - give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"lunch - provide a midday meal for; "She lunched us well"breakfast - provide breakfast forbreastfeed, give suck, lactate, wet-nurse, suckle, nurse, suck - give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"bottlefeed - feed (infants) with a bottleinject - feed intravenouslyaliment, nutrify, nourish - give nourishment torange - let eat; "range the animals in the prairie"pasture, graze, crop - let feed in a field or pasture or meadowfamish, starve - deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners"
	3.	feed - feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity"furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
	4.	feed - introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor"feed input in, stick in, inclose, insert, introduce, enclose - introduce; "Insert your ticket here"
	5.	feed - support or promote; "His admiration fed her vanity"encourage, promote, further, boost, advance - contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"
	6.	feed - take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"eatingest, consume, have, take in, take - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"eat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"forage - wander and feed; "The animals forage in the woods"raven - feed greedily; "The lions ravened the bodies"suckle - suck milk from the mother's breasts; "the infant was suckling happily"graze, pasture, browse, crop, range - feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing"
	7.	feed - serve as food for; be the food for; "This dish feeds six"cater, ply, provide, supply - give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"
	8.	feed - move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"course, flow, runflush - flow freely; "The garbage flushed down the river"jet, gush - issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth; "Water jetted forth"; "flames were jetting out of the building"move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"tide, surge - rise or move forward; "surging waves"circulate - move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point; "Blood circulates in my veins"; "The air here does not circulate"eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl - flow in a circular current, of liquidswaste, run off - run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean"run down - move downward; "The water ran down"pour - flow in a spurt; "Water poured all over the floor"spill, run out - flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table"well out, stream - flow freely and abundantly; "Tears streamed down her face"dribble, trickle, filter - run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream; "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"; "reports began to dribble in"drain, run out - flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat"ooze, seep - pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openingsgutter - flow in small streams; "Tears guttered down her face"
	9.	feed - profit from in an exploitatory manner; "He feeds on her insecurity"preyexploit, work - use or manipulate to one's advantage; "He exploit the new taxation system"; "She knows how to work the system"; "he works his parents for sympathy"
	10.	feed - gratify; "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view"feastregale, treat - provide with choice or abundant food or drink; "Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating"; "She treated her houseguests with good food every night"
	11.	feed - provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"fertilize, fertilisefarming, husbandry, agriculture - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stockenrich - make better or improve in quality; "The experience enriched her understanding"; "enriched foods"nitrify - treat (soil) with nitratesdung - fertilize or dress with dung; "you must dung the land"topdress - scatter manure or fertilizer over (land)

feed

verb1. cater for, provide for, nourish, provide with food, supply, sustain, nurture, cook for, wine and dine, victual, provision Feeding a hungry family is expensive.2. graze, eat, browse, pasture The cows stopped feeding.3. eat, drink milk, take nourishment When a baby is thirsty, it feeds more often.4. supply, take, send, carry, convey, impart blood vessels that feed blood to the brain5. disclose, give, tell, reveal, supply, communicate, pass on, impart, divulge, make known He fed information to a rival company.6. encourage, boost, fuel, strengthen, foster, minister to, bolster, fortify, augment, make stronger Wealth is feeding our obsession with house prices.noun1. food, fodder, kai (N.Z. informal), forage, silage, provender, pasturage a crop grown for animal feed2. (Informal) meal, spread (informal), dinner, lunch, tea, breakfast, feast, supper, tuck-in (informal), nosh (slang), repast, nosh-up (Brit. slang) She's had a good feed.feed on something live on, depend on, devour, exist on, partake of, subsist on The insects breed and feed on particular cacti.

feed

verb1. To sustain (a living organism) with food:nourish.2. To maintain existence in a certain way:live, subsist.3. To help bring about:encourage, foster, promote.nounInformal. A large meal elaborately prepared or served:banquet, feast, junket.Informal: spread.

Translations

喂养食物吃哺育喂

feed

(fiːd) – past tense, past participle fed (fed) – verb1. to give food to. He fed the child with a spoon. 餵養 喂养2. (with on) to eat. Cows feed on grass. 喫, 吃 吃 noun food especially for a baby or animals. Have you given the baby his feed?; cattle feed. 食物 食物fed up tired; bored and annoyed. I'm fed up with all this work! 厭倦 厌倦

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